Guerrero Municipality, Chihuahua

Guerrero
Municipality
Municipality of Guerrero in Chihuahua
Guerrero Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°32′20″N 107°29′30″W / 28.53889°N 107.49167°W / 28.53889; -107.49167Coordinates: 28°32′20″N 107°29′30″W / 28.53889°N 107.49167°W / 28.53889; -107.49167
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Vicente Guerrero
Area
• Total	5,603.6 km² (2,163.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	39,626

Guerrero is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Vicente Guerrero (aka Ciudad Guerrero). The municipality covers an area of 5,603.6 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 39,626,^[1] up from 37,249 as of 2005.^[2]

The municipality had 822 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: La Junta (8,930), Vicente Guerrero (7,751), Tomochi (2,818), classified as urban, and Basúchil (1,451), and Orozco (San Isidro Pascual Orozco) (1,263), classified as rural.^[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 462 localities. The largest are:

Name	Population (2005)
La Junta	8,702
Guerrero	6,536
Tomochi	2,404
Basúchil	1,376
Calera	1,134
Pachera	848
Total Municipality	8,010

Municipal presidents

(1989 - 1992): Luis Moya Anchondo
(1992 - 1995): Carlos Comadurán
(1995 - 1998): Alonso Domínguez Carreón
(1998 - 2001): Jesús Alfredo Velarde Guzmán
(2001 - 2004): Jorge Morales Morales
(2004 - 2007): Alonso Domínguez Carreón
(2007 - 2010): José Gabriel Almeyda Ochoa

References

1 2 "Guerrero". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Guerrero". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved September 29, 2008.

State of Chihuahua

Chihuahua (capital)

Cities	Ciudad Chihuahua Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Ciudad Juárez Delicias Parral

Municipalities	List of the sixty-seven municipalities in Chihuahua with their municipal seats (cabecera municipal)

History	History of Chihuahua (state) Timeline of Chihuahua City Timeline of Ciudad Juárez

Sights	Lake Arareco Basaseachic Falls Casas Grandes Copper Canyon Cuarenta Casas Cueva de la Ranchería Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site) Cumbres de Majalca National Park Peguis Canyon Piedra Volada Samalayuca Dunes Sierra Madre Occidental

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